30r364 boek.qxd:awards book 11 - Prince Claus Fund

Global RootsAlta Tecnología Andina (ata), a Peruvian organisation that promotes newmedia arts, working with the collaboration of the Prince Claus Fund,staged a performance to coincide with the 2008 European Union / LatinAmerican / Caribbean Summit held in Peru to promote cross-Atlanticpartnership. Several thousand people gathered in a Lima city neighbour -hood for an event led by Peruvian-born Jota Castro, an inter nationallyknown artist whose art projects explore social and political incongruities.Castro delivered his message entirely in sign language, his hand movementsprojected on a large screen. A specially invited group of deaf, mute anddeaf-mute people together with others specially trained for the per for -mance repeated his sign-language slogans. The half-hour performanceentirely in silence was an extraordinary example of art as social critique,using the body to make a powerful symbolic message about politicaland international affairs.GlobalRoots117Culture and the Human Body